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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Chicago cultures come together for Mexico-Poland World Cup match: ‘It’s all love at the end of the day’

Mike Goebel (left) and Noe Arroyo chat during a World Cup watch party Tuesday for the Mexico-Poland match at Simone’s, 960 W 18th St., in Pilsen. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Simone’s in Pilsen was divided into two sections early on Tuesday as a monumental World Cup match was about to get underway — one for fans of Mexico, the other for fans of Poland.

The bar at 960 W. 18th St. was hoping to make room for the opposing fan bases for the morning’s FIFA World Cup game, considering the two countries that were going head to head account for two of Chicago’s largest immigrant populations.

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